Nana's pain

[steve.442]

my nana is having really bad pain in her legs which is stopping her sleeping at night, she cant walk either with the pain. the doctors have give her morphine but it is not working she has doubled the dose with no luck. would i be able to make a paste or something to rub on her legs wat might help no matter how long a shot. or make something to help her sleep, but she wont smoke it. i was thinking of making cakes with it to help sleep but i dont know about dosing. i would not want her stoned.

[Dave Byrd]

How old is your Nana, Steve? Is she diabetic, by any chance? Diabetics, particularly those who've had the disease for a long time, can develop diabetic neuropathy. That's basically nerve pain in the extremities. How's her circulation? Older patients frequently have a condition called peripheral vascular disease. That's plaque build up in the veins and arteries of their legs and arms, and it can cause significant pain. Whether she has one condition or the other (or both--diabetics are at much greater risk for PVD), smoking of any kind isn't indicated for that pain because it presents an extra challenge to her circulation, which is already compromised. Eating cannabis isn't a much better option because you really don't have an idea of the dosing or whether it might cause further vasoconstriction. If she has PVD, the drugs that would aid her most are calcium channel blockers or beta blockers to help her veins and arteries relax and dilate, medicines to help reduce plaque/cholesterol, pain relievers like morphine, which has a beneficial effect on circulation, and possibly an anti-coagulant medication.

[EzRyder]

Dave that was a great response to what he was asking, are you in the medical field?
Im studying to be a nurse right now...

[Cocoflava]

yea my pops is a diabetic and used to have the same problem.. ill ask him what he did to stop the pain and ill post it up later on..

[LuckyG]

Man, at first glance I thought this was about your cat. I was thinking, "Man, he must really love that cat." My mistake, sorry.

[Gare206]

im diabetic smoke hella weed. type 1